What's wrong with chicken nuggets? by Nathan Villena

Background Information

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World War II

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World War II had requisitioned most of the red meat in production for the soldiers which led to a scarcity of red meat in markets. This resulted in new innovations with chicken to make meals delicious again.

Poultry Workers

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Chicken Nugget Complications

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Prison Labour

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Eating Habits

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Addiction

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The pay was unfair to workers, “two cents for every dollar spent on a fast-food chicken goes to poultry workers”

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Poultry production releases ammonia, methane, and sulfur dioxide creating harmful compounds in the air.

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Lack of workers forced companies to find a different source of workers, "according to one study in Alabama, 86% of employees who cut wings are in pain because of the repetitive hacking and twisting on the line."

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As a result of lack of workers, chicken operators strted to use prison labour showing just how bad the job was.

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Since these workers were prisoners they weren't getting payed minimum wage, rather they getting payed 25 cents an hour.

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This led to prison workers working in poultry as an alternative to recovery therapy

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Children who consitently ate chicken nuggets faced many health issues some even getting hospitalized.

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Parents need to give their children better diets before their kids end up obese and stuck with this addiction to chicken nuggets

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A 17 year old girl sufffers from anemia and swelling in the veins of her tongue by eating only chicken nuggets for 15 years.